Jurgen Klopp believes Darwin Nunez's four-goal haul in the 5-0 win over RB Leipzig was the ideal way to dismiss his early Liverpool critics.
And the Reds boss hailed a "perfect night" for the new striker as his performance helped the side to a comfortable pre-season victory over the Germans in Saxony.
Nunez replaced Roberto Firmino at the break with the Reds leading 1-0 through Mohamed Salah's early effort and quickly doubled the advantage from the penalty spot.
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The £64m summer signing from Benfica then added another three to his tally as Liverpool hammered the Bundesliga outfit in the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.
Nunez moved to post a picture of himself alongside the caption 'resilience' after his second-half debut in a 4-0 defeat to Manchester United in Thailand last week and while Klopp believes too much browsing on social media is unhealthy for his squad, he accepts it is inevitable among the current generation of footballers.
"Mo, I am not sure if it is because of his new contract or if he is being generous as hell, but he gave Darwin the penalty and Darwin was there," Klopp said. "The Pandora's box was opened! And then of course it was a perfect night for him.
"It's always said that we pay a lot of money and the players don't feel the pressure of whatever, but they are completely normal human beings and if the first touch is not perfect, this generation of people, they read social media when it is really not smart, but they do!
"And then, all of a sudden, you get in a rush and these kinds of things, so that is the best way, obviously, to end all these discussions. He's a different striker to what we've had but he's a really good one."
Liverpool now move from Germany to Austria for the pre-season camp before a clash with Red Bull Salzburg on July 27.
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